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(3)/(5)+(7)/(8)=\\ (24)/(40)+(35)/(40)=\\ (59)/(40)
User DDelforge
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first you need to get the common denominator my multiply something like this
3/5 * 8/8= 24/40
7/8 * 5/5= 35/40
now that we got a common denominator we can add
24/40 + 35/40 = 59/40 turned to the simplest form it would be 1_19/40
hope this helps
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